The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) announced
today that Stephen Henderson, editorial page editor at the Detroit Free
Press has been selected as the association’s 2014 Journalist of the
Year.

Henderson,
a veteran print journalist, was recently honored with the 2014 Pulitzer
Prize for commentary. His award citation noted that Henderson had
earned the award “for his columns on the financial crisis facing his
hometown, written with passion and a stirring sense of place, sparing no
one in their critique.”